How common is the surname Sweeten?

2,822 people in the United States had the surname Sweeten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sweeten?

Madylin Sweeten, American actress, followed by Sawyer Sweeten.

Where is the surname Sweeten most common?

Wikidata records people named Sweeten in the United States.

Is the surname Sweeten getting more or less common?

More common. 2,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Sweeten

A surname, carried by 2,822 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sweeten is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,822 people named Sweeten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,422.

#11,200

rank among US surnames

2,822

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+16.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,844)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407
#11,204	Castille	2,821	109,445
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484

Who is named Sweeten

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Sweeten identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sweetens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madylin Sweeten
American actress, born 1991
Sawyer Sweeten
American child actor (1995-2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sweeten

Sweeden

Sweeten has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

Questions

How common is the surname Sweeten?: 2,822 people in the United States had the surname Sweeten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,407 Americans. It ranked 11,200th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sweeten?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Sweeten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sweeten?: Madylin Sweeten, American actress, followed by Sawyer Sweeten.
Where is the surname Sweeten most common?: Wikidata records people named Sweeten in the United States.
Is the surname Sweeten getting more or less common?: More common. 2,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,822 in 2010, up 17%.